Transcription decisions: English

Spelling lists for CU Layer.

1. Compounds with hyphens

• rear-end/rear-ended > rearend/rearended (if it is a verb, but if it is a noun, e.g. "rear end of the car", insert space)

2. Hesitation markers

• ɑ > ah
• ɛ > eh
• ɹ [syllabic] > er
• oʊ > oh
• ə > uh
• əm/ʌm > um
• em
• oh
• ha
• mm

3. Merged forms

• couldn't > couldn=t

• didn't > didn=t

• doesn't > doesn=t

• don't > don=t

• I'd > i=d

• I'm > i=m

• it'd > it=d

• shouldn't > shouldn=t

• that's > that=s

• there's > there=s

• they're > they=re

• Unclear determiner ["a" versus "the"] > (det) TBD

• wasn't > wasn=t

• we'd > we=d

• what's > what=s

• who's > who=s

• you're > you=re

• guy's ball -> guys, guy's (guy is) running -> guy=s

• The following are lexicalized forms that appear in the dictionary: gonna, kinda, wanna.

COMMENT: How do we handle ambiguous cases with determiners e.g. with a vs. with the suggestion: with=e

4. Dropped final stops

• dropped final stop for 'and' > an(d)
• dropped final stop for past tense verbs, i.e. 'happened' > happen(ed)

5. Notations

• [coughing]
• [gulping]
• [laughing]
• [pfing] for a sound like "pfff"
• [tongueclicking], including tsking as disapproval, while thinking and just mouth opening with a click
• [throatclearing]
• [whispering]
• [sighing]
• [sniffing]
• [imitating] - when a person imitates a sound of a crash or other sounds related to the story
• [yawning]

6. Other

• basketball
• ɛf > ef (i.e., case number ef sixteen)
• soccer ball
• renault
• volkswagen
• aysap (for a.s.a.p. 'as soon as possible', if pronounced 'ay-sap', not 'ay ess ay pee')

7. Foreign language material

• hello - preevyet (привет)
• Olya (name), not Olia